Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

These trips are essential for Sharaa because he is showing his clout and his ability to navigate the complex politics of the ...

Sufism, both in its historical roots within the Islamic tradition and its modern expressions among Syria’s Sunni majority, has often been perceived as foreign by the those who stick to a strict ...

The country’s new leader, Ahmed al-Shara, has donned a suit, trimmed his beard, and dropped his nom de guerre. But Syrians ...

At the start of the new year, 115,000 Syrians had already returned home from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. In December, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expected 1 million ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in Syria’s modern history, including the 14 years of civil war from which the country is now emerging. BEIRUT (AP ...

It should have a comprehensive programme that explores a path for a modern Syria. It should produce binding decisions that encompass the transitional period, which we have set at a maximum of two ...

As such, Sharaa is seen as independent and also a young face for modern Syria as it emerges from a decade and a half of civil war. Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Syria's interim ...

Syria has a way of following you wherever you ... His medieval rhetoric, lionized by modern extremists, provides the moral scaffolding for today's massacres. Syrians have inherited a narrative ...

Marook, a sweet bread eaten during Ramadan in Syria, used to be a simple loaf, but now the list of choices can be as long as the lines of customers. By Raja Abdulrahim Photographs and Video by ...